---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 145.38"
title: "19"
number: "145.38"
heading: "Diplomatic pouches."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/145.38"
---

# §145.38. Diplomatic pouches.


Mail articles bearing the official seal of a foreign government with which the United States has diplomatic relations, accompanied by certificates bearing such seal to the effect that they contain only official communications or documents, shall be admitted free of duty without Customs examination.


## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 73-135, 38 FR 13369, May 21, 1973, as amended by T.D. 78-102, 43 FR 14454, Apr. 6, 1978]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i)), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 1624. Section 145.4 also issued under 18 U.S.C. 545, 19 U.S.C. 1618; Section 145.11 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1481, 1485, 1498; Section 145.12 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1315, 1484, 1498; Section 145.15 is also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1623; Sections 145.22 through 145.23 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1501, 1514; Section 145.31 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1321; Section 145.32 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1321, 1498; Sections 145.35 through 145.38, 145.41, also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1498; Section 145.51 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1305; Section 145.54 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1618; Subpart G also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1415, 1436.

### Source

Source: T.D. 73-135, 38 FR 13369, May 21, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 73-135, 38 FR 13369, May 21, 1973, as amended by T.D. 78-102, 43 FR 14454, Apr. 6, 1978]